AP World History-Unit 3

A family, clan, or other group based on kinship

A number of people or things classified together as being of similar age

A society that does not have its own state or government controlling the supreme power to make and enforce rules

A series or process of developments (the idea of mathematics, spices, technologies, and cultivated products) that were first made in Southern Asia and then diffused to other places through trade and conquest

850 CE-1267 CE An post-classical Indian dynasty that was based on maritime power, was not highly centralized, and existed within the southern region of India

c. 1100 CE The largest Hindu temple in the world, built by King Suryavarman II in present-day Angkor, and dedicated to the Hindu god of Vishnu

c. 1300 CE A state of Malaysia (near present-day Singapore) founded by a Sumatran prince that was dominated by maritime trade routes and converted to Islam

A general label for the 300 to 600 ethnic groups in Africa who speak Bantu languages, distributed from western Africa to central and eastern Africa to southern Africa

c. 1217 CE-c. 1255 CE The founder of the Mali Empire, a celebrated hero of the Mandinka people of West Africa, and also known as "The Lion King"

1312 CE-1337 CE The tenth ruler of Mali, and devout Muslim, whose extravagant pilgrimage through Egypt to Mecca established the empire's reputation for wealth in the Mediterranean world

c. 1250 CE-c. 1450 CE A ruined city that was the capital of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe, contained many stone structures, and was a trading center and the capital of a large state

c. 400 BC- c. 900 CE A city in northern Ethiopia that was the original capital of the Kingdom of Axum, was a naval and trading power that ruled the region, and adopted Christianity

627 CE- 649 CE The second emperor of the Tang Dynasty

1405 CE-1433 CE A Muslim Hui-Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, and fleet admiral who commanded voyages to Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, Somalia, and the Swahili coast

c. 744 CE-c. 840 CE A Turkic ethnic group living in Eastern and Central Asia

1304 CE-1369 CE A Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time, who wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan

A Venetian merchant and traveler whose accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trade

1444 CE-1446 CE and 1451 CE-1481 CE The sultan of the Ottoman Empire who conquered Constantinople and brought an end to the Byzantine Empire at age 21

1370 CE-1405 CE A Turkic ruler who conquered most of Asia, founded the Timurid dynasty, and was a military genius

c. 1200 CE An indigenous people of the Valley of Mexico, known today as the rulers of the Aztec empire

1440 CE-1469 CE The fifth Aztec emperor, or king, of Tenochtitlan

A technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia, originating in China in antiquity, as a method of printing on textiles and later paper

A traditional code of the Japanese Samurai which stressed courage, loyalty, self-discipline, and simple living

A series of examinations implemented in various countries for admission into the civil service and as a method to achieve an effective, rational, public administration on a merit system

A system based on the idea that all land was owned by the government, which would then assign it to individual families

A form of rice acquired by the Chinese through trade with Vietnam, which ripens twice a year, allowing farmers to harvest more crops, and permitting the Chinese population to increase

A paper currency of Tang Dynasty, enabling merchants to deposit goods or cash at one location and withdraw the equivalent in cash or merchandise elsewhere in China

The Chinese custom of painfully binding the feet of young girls to prevent further growth